Leon Rupnik

Leon Rupnik (10 August 1880-4 September 1946) was a Lieutenant-General of the Slovene Home Guard during World War II.

Biography
Leon Rupnik was born on 10 August 1880 in Lokve, Austria-Hungary to a family of Slovenes. He served in the Austro-Hungarian Army during World War I, and he later became an officer in the Royal Yugoslav Army after the formation of Yugoslavia in 1919 following the end of the war. He was chief-of-staff of the Yugoslav 1st Army Group at the start of World War II for Yugoslavia in 1941, fighting against the Wehrmacht; in 1943, he decided to work with the Axis Powers as commander of the Slovene Home Guard. Rupnik was tried for treason under Josip Broz Tito's communist government, and he was executed by firing squad in 1946 at the age of 66.